Author: Luke Rivington

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-12

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9781333562298

Excerpt from The Roman Primacy, A. D. 430-451 In the Council of Ephesus (an. 431) we have actually the first (ecumenical assembly of which the Acts -75.e. The transactions of the various sessions - have come down to posterity. This alone would make it a matter of importance to study the history of that Council with peculiar care. But, further, this Council at Ephesus was concerned with the mystery of the Incarnation in a way peculiar to itself and to the Council of Chalcedon in 451. On these two occasions the Church settled for all time two of the most fundamental points in regard to that mystery of our holy religion, dealing with the union involved in the assumption of our nature by the Eternal Word. Thus in these two Councils we have our first clear sight of the Church in her combined public action on a large scale, and that action was concerned with the funda mental mystery of our holy faith. History here, at any rate, must have a peculiar interest for us Christians. Principles which are found embedded in the Church at this era must have had their origin in times long anterior; their appearance in full ower and fruit points to a distant past to which their roots must be traced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."